JURIST

OCTOBER 3, 2021

In July of 2021, Judge Preska concluded Donziger was guilty of all six misdemeanor contempt charges against him, ruling that he “repeatedly and willfully” defied court orders to turn over information requested by Chevron that was necessary to enforce their judgment against him.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 10, 2023

Washington’s Supreme Court declared Washington’s felony drug possession statute unconstitutional in 2021 because it made possession a felony, whether someone was aware of the drugs being on them or not. Lawmakers responded to the ruling by temporarily making drug possession a simple misdemeanor.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 28, 2021

1, 2021, that violate the constitutional right to bear arms. 1, 2021, that violate the constitutional right to bear arms. Under the measure, elected officials who violate the prohibition could be charged with an unclassified misdemeanor while law enforcement officers could lose their certification.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Dean Schiller, who in 2021 filmed and live-streamed the fallout from and officer response to a mass shooting at a Boulder, Colorado shopping market, has been acquitted of obstructing police, a misdemeanor, after his lawyers argued that being a temporary distraction does not equate to keeping police from doing their job, reports Colleen Slevin of the (..)

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Ranchers have been empowered to call hundred-person selection jury trials for simple misdemeanor trespassing charges against migrants crossing into their property.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

For the charges, the dashboard shows categories of misdemeanor offenses, non-violent felonies, violent felonies, and unknown charges. Photo by janinsanfran via Flickr Photo by PROjaninsanfran via Flickr. As Luminosity, Inc. The histogram itself can be viewed through the lens of most serious charges, arrest type, and release type.

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CourtTechBulletin

MAY 17, 2022

The Court Appearance Project launched in August of 2021 to support local North Carolina criminal justice system leaders committed to examining the scale and impact of missed court appearances in their communities and devising policy solutions to address them.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 31, 2022

According to the study, 51 percent of businesses were willing to work with someone formerly charged with a misdemeanor drug offense. In comparison, only 10 percent said they would employ individuals previously charged with a violent misdemeanor. The full report can be downloaded here.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

In addition, Adrian Guerrero, a general director of public affairs at Union Pacific, said lenient prosecution practices result in those arrested for rifling through railcars having their charges reduced to a misdemeanor or petty offense that has them back on the street with relative ease. The DA brought charges in 55 percent of those cases.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 15, 2022

Misdemeanor rearrest rates for the first three months of 2021 shared a similar downward trend (1 percent vs 2 percent), while felony rates during the same time frame remained steady with historical averages at 3 percent. The trend has only continued.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 18, 2022

A group of defense attorneys told the state’s highest criminal court that some men are still locked up for months before the courts give them an attorney or prosecutors file misdemeanor charges against them, in violation of state laws.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Over the past three years, Illinois lawmakers have unsuccessfully proposed downgrading possession of small amounts of drugs from a felony to a misdemeanor, seeking to follow the example established by Oregon, which recently decriminalized possession of small amounts of drugs. Through Sept.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 20, 2022

As of October, 2021, at least 18 states required officers to intervene or required law enforcement agencies to adopt policies imposing such a duty on officers, and at least 17 states required officers to report when another officer uses excessive force.

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JURIST

JUNE 28, 2022

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday announced that three individuals pleaded guilty to a series of actions related to the US Capitol breach on January 6, 2021. Two weeks ago, US lawmakers began a series of public hearings regarding the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, which are still ongoing.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 10, 2022

So-called “second chance laws” involving felony charges often take longer to clear than misdemeanors. ADDITIONAL READING: Illinois Scores Top Rank in Reintegrating Ex-Incarcerees, Alaska, Florida are Lowest , The Crime Report, March 21, 2021. James Van Bramer is associate editor of The Crime Report.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

In reaction to nationwide protests against police brutality and systemic racism, law enforcement agency budgets in many urban areas were slated to be slashed in 2021.Some Rates of violent crime across the spectrum continue to rise precipitously in 2021.

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The Crime Report

MAY 8, 2023

The lowest conviction rate since the 2 percent rate in 2021 when COVID-19 had a large impact on the criminal justice system. The commission’s report indicates that the DA’s office has reduced or dismissed many violent felony cases to misdemeanors or lesser felonies.

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JURIST

JANUARY 26, 2023

The decision to extend the program covers all Hong Kong residents who have been present in the US since August 5, 2021. Biden first extended the DED program to Hong Kong residents in the US on August 5, 2021, which deferred the deportation of Hong Kong residents for 18 months.

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JURIST

AUGUST 12, 2022

in Robertson’s car on the morning of January 6, 2021. The men were also convicted of misdemeanor offense of disorderly conduct in a Capitol building. Now, Robertson and Fracker must serve 87 months in prison, complete 36 months supervised release and pay restitution of $2,000. The men were sentenced in the District of Columbia.

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The Crime Report

JULY 13, 2021

In 1990, 26 people were murdered, prompting then-New York City Transit Police Chief William Bratton to implement a subway policing policy that interdicted people committing nonviolent misdemeanors, such as entering the subway without paying. NYPD routinely confiscated handguns and knives from people committing misdemeanors on the subways.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 25, 2022

Efforts to restore rights of individuals released from jail to accelerate their reintegration into civil society picked up momentum during 2021, according to the Collateral Consequences Resource Center (CCRC). Key Reforms from 2021. not disenfranchising at all). See Also: Illinois Lawmakers Weigh Voting Rights for People Behind Bars.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 27, 2022

During the 2021 legislative session, 10 legislatures made significant progress in adopting laws that expand licensing opportunities for people with criminal histories. Even worse, those laws exacerbate labor shortages by taking willing workers out of the job market who could fill essential jobs in critical fields.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Walsh — As readers of the FDA Law Blog know, the FDC Act is a strict liability criminal enforcement statute that can impose criminal misdemeanor penalties on a person without any showing of intent. Richard Marschall, a “naturopathic doctor,” had been convicted in 2017 for a misdemeanor violation of the FDC Act for selling misbranded drugs.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 20, 2021

Additional reading: Truth, Lies and Plea Bargaining , The Crime Report, July 23, 2021. Plea bargaining also exacerbates the rampant, original-sin racial disparities in the system. Studies show that white people are more likely to have serious charges dropped, while Black people are more likely to have serious charges stick.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 28, 2022

1, 2020, — June 30, 2021, the first 18 months when the new bail rules were in effect. percent were rearrested on a misdemeanor charge, 7.2 The Buffalo News team analyzed data from the state Office of Court Administration for 11,672 Buffalo City Court cases from Jan. percent for a nonviolent felony charge, and 2.8

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The Crime Report

MAY 19, 2022

Anyone with a firearm or gun kit without a serial number would be guilty of a Class-A misdemeanor for a first violation. That number increased to 180 cases in 2021. A second violation would be a Class 3 felony. Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly said his agency analyzed 63 ghost guns in 2020.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

This was followed by California’s Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, which reduced six felony offenses to misdemeanors and lowered the population eligible for prison and more extended felony probation terms. In a shorter span from 2010 to 2017, the report found a 37 percent decline in misdemeanor arrests in New York City.

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The Crime Report

JULY 14, 2022

Nevada no longer considers it a misdemeanor. were struck and killed by motorists in 2021—the largest number in four decades. Virginia passed a law that prohibits officers from stopping a pedestrian just for jaywalking. An estimated 7,485 pedestrians in the U.S.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 9, 2022

Take Alaska , for example, which the report ranks as the lowest-performing state in terms of nearly every law category analyzed — receiving “F” grades for pardoning, felony relief, misdemeanor relief, certificates of relief, employment, and occupational licensing laws. Washington D.C. in the past 50 years.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Bail reform, enacted by the state in 2020 , prohibits the use of cash bail for misdemeanors and some categories of nonviolent felonies. Supervised release, a citywide program that predates bail reform by four years, is designed to help ensure that individuals released after arrest return to court.

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The Crime Report

MAY 12, 2022

The report, released in early March by the nonprofit Collateral Consequences Resource Center , studied laws aimed at restoring rights after incarceration, such as voting rights, felony and misdemeanor relief, non-conviction relief, and abilities to obtain employment and occupational licensing. It ranked Illinois as No.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 1, 2022

Participation in Yolo County’s drug court is down 86 percent since 2014, with data provided by the county showing that fewer than 12 percent of people referred to the county’s Health and Human Services Agency answered an initial phone call to establish a treatment plan in the first six months of 2021.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 25, 2021

The city saw 710 reported shoplifting incidents in the first four months of 2021, down from 933 during the same period in 2019. Shoplifting has been declining in the city since 1985, according to data from the California Department of Justice.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 11, 2022

police chief) and his academic colleagues found that a majority of police officers surveyed “perceived control” over their decision to arrest for misdemeanors (69 percent) or confiscate drug paraphernalia like syringes (56 percent). A recent study published by Brandon del Pozo (the former Burlington, Vt. Polling in Portland, Ore.,

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At the Lectern

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Lewis (2021) 11 Cal.5th Lewis (2021) 11 Cal.5th ” The court also granted review — on a pro per’s petition — in People v. The Supreme Court directed reconsideration in light of Senate Bill No. 775 (Stats. 551 ) (see also here ) and People v. 5th 952 (see here ). 483 (Stats. 1540 (Stats.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Rittenhouse is facing six charges that range from first-degree homicide to a misdemeanor of being a minor in possession of a dangerous weapon. At this stage, the prosecution may celebrate even a misdemeanor conviction. It is either the product of systemic errors or systemic racism. Prosecution’s bumpy start, and finish.

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Day on Torts

MAY 5, 2021

April 26, 2021), plaintiff was a general contractor who had been hired to repair property owned by a property association that had been damaged by severe weather. Because no specific penalty was included in this statute, “a party who violates this section may be guilty of a misdemeanor.” In Affordable Construction Services, Inc.

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